"But the world's only remaining superpower must realize that the 'with us, or against us' approach, and in particular the further use of aggression, will only fuel the hatred which motivated the attacks in the first place."

Bashcroft!. New Yorkers Protest the Attorney General's Tour to Promote the Patriot Act.

But on the street, Ashcroft seemed to be losing the PR war. "I think he needs to go into hiding or resign, because he's not doing anything for security here," commented Sonji Braxton, an insurance agent and single mom who wandered by on her lunch hour, gesturing at the police sharpshooters posted on the roof of Federal Hall. "This is America and it terrorizes me to come to work. And now they want more money to pay for this war? What about the money to educate my child? They need to pull our boys out of Iraq and bring 'em home, because everything they're doing over there just makes it worse."